Clyde C. Newkirk (August 29, 1870 - May 15, 1938), who published under the pseudonym, Newton "Newt" Newkirk was an American

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. He produced a

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and various humorous publications. Newkirk was hired by the ''

Boston Post ''The Boston Post'' was a daily newspaper in New England for over a hundred years before its final shutdown in 1956. The ''Post'' was founded in November 1831 by two prominent Boston businessmen, Charles G. Greene and William Beals. Edwin Groz ...

'' in 1901. His ''Bingville Bugle'' comic strip inspired

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's nickname during Crosby's childhood. In the comic strip, Bingo was pear-shaped with protruding ears.

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American humorists 1870 births 1938 deaths The Boston Post people {{US-comedian-stub